SAM.gov Scraper: federal contract opportunities with contacts, deadlines and awards (no API key)

Get U.S. federal contract opportunities from SAM.gov without an account or API key: every solicitation, sources sought, presolicitation and award notice for your keywords, NAICS codes, set-asides and states, with the agency and contracting office, the response deadline, NAICS and product/service codes, the set-aside, the place of performance, the contracting officers' names, emails and phones, the full description, the attachments with direct download links and, for awards, the winner, UEI and amount.

Built for government contractors, capture and proposal teams, GovCon consultants and B2B sales teams who want fresh federal bids in a sheet, CRM or Slack every morning. By default you get only notices still open for responses, which SAM.gov's own "active" filter does not give you.

What you get

Field	What it holds
Notice	noticeId, title, noticeType, solicitationNumber, postedAt, updatedAt, responseDeadline, active, url
Who is buying	department, agency, office (the contracting office), placeOfPerformance
What is bought	naics, productServiceCode, setAside, description (the full text)
Who to contact	contacts: name, email, phone, title and role (primary or secondary)
Awards	award: amount, date, contract number, awardee, UEI, city and state
Files	files: name, size, date posted and a direct download link (when asked)

What people use it for

• Bid alerts: a daily run for your NAICS codes and set-asides, sent to email, Slack or a sheet
• Capture pipeline: open solicitations and sources sought with their deadlines, for your bid/no-bid list
• Contracting officer contacts: the name, email and phone of the person running each buy
• Competitor wins: award notices with the winner, its UEI and the amount
• Sales leads: companies that just won federal contracts, for subcontracting, staffing, equipment or finance offers
• Market research: which agencies buy what, by NAICS code, set-aside and state

How to use it

1. Enter keywords (or leave them empty) and pick filters: NAICS codes, notice types, set-asides and states.
2. Keep Still open for responses on for live bids; turn it off for awards and past notices.
3. Click Start. For alerts, schedule it daily with Updated in the last N days set to 1.

Input

Field	Example	Notes
Keywords	cybersecurity	Each keyword is its own search; empty = every notice that matches the filters
Keywords in the title only	off	Skip notices that only mention the word in standard clauses
NAICS codes	541512	One or more
Notice types	Solicitation, Sources sought, Award notice	Empty = all types
Set-asides	Total small business, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB	Empty = all
Place of performance	VA	Two-letter state codes
Updated in the last N days	1	For daily alerts; 0 = any time
Still open for responses	on	Deadline today or later; award notices skip this
Active notices only	on	Leave out archived and cancelled notices
Order	Relevance	Or last updated
Notices per keyword	100	Up to 10,000
Attachment list	off	File names, sizes and download links, at no extra charge

Output

Each result is one row in the run's dataset (download it as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or read it through the API). An example row (values shortened):

{
  "kind": "opportunity",
  "noticeId": "0a1b2c3d4e5f60718293a4b5c6d7e8f9",
  "title": "Cybersecurity Assessment and Authorization Support Services",
  "noticeType": "Combined Synopsis/Solicitation",
  "solicitationNumber": "EX-27-Q-0042",
  "department": "DEPT OF DEFENSE",
  "agency": "DEPT OF THE NAVY",
  "office": "NAVAL INFORMATION WARFARE CENTER",
  "postedAt": "2026-10-09T17:03:35+00:00",
  "responseDeadline": "2026-10-30T14:00:00-04:00",
  "active": true,
  "setAside": "SBA",
  "naics": [
    "541512"
  ],
  "productServiceCode": "DJ10",
  "placeOfPerformance": "San Diego, CA, 92152, UNITED STATES",
  "contacts": [
    {
      "name": "Alex Sample",
      "email": "alex.sample@example.mil",
      "phone": "555-010-0100",
      "title": "Contracting Officer",
      "role": "primary"
    }
  ],
  "award": null,
  "description": "The Government intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract for assessment and authorization support...",
  "files": [
    {
      "name": "Attachment 1 PWS.pdf",
      "size": 241291,
      "posted": "2026-10-09T16:37:48+00:00",
      "url": "https://sam.gov/api/prod/opps/v3/opportunities/resources/files/.../download"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://sam.gov/opp/0a1b2c3d4e5f60718293a4b5c6d7e8f9/view"
}

A record named SUMMARY in the run's key-value store says what each input returned, with any notes (for example an account that does not exist), what was charged and how much traffic the run used.

Pricing

• $0.01 per notice, read in full: agency, deadline, codes, set-aside, contacts, description, award
• The attachment list is included at no extra charge
• Notices left out by your filters (title-only, not open) are free

What typical jobs cost at the list price:

Job	Cost
100 open notices for a keyword	$1.00
Daily alert for 5 NAICS codes, about 30 new notices a day	about $9 a month
1,000 award notices with winners and amounts	$10
10,000 notices (the most one search returns)	$100

On Apify's Scale and Business plans the per-event prices are lower (Store discounts). Set Maximum cost per run and the Actor stops cleanly when it is reached: you never pay more than that.

Tips

• For daily alerts, schedule a run with Updated in the last N days set to 1 and send the dataset to email, Slack or Google Sheets with an integration.
• NAICS codes are more precise than broad keywords: SAM.gov matches a keyword anywhere in a notice, standard clauses included. Or turn on Keywords in the title only.
• For awards, pick the notice type Award notice: the open-for-responses filter is skipped for them.
• Need more than 10,000 notices? Split the job by NAICS code, state or date.

Use it through the API

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("zaiq/sam-gov-scraper").call(run_input={"keywords": ["cybersecurity"], "setAsides": ["SBA"], "maxResults": 50})
for row in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(row)

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('zaiq/sam-gov-scraper').call({"keywords": ["cybersecurity"], "setAsides": ["SBA"], "maxResults": 50});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

HTTP (one call, results back)

curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/zaiq~sam-gov-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"keywords": ["cybersecurity"], "setAsides": ["SBA"], "maxResults": 50}'

Integrations and schedules

• Schedules: run it every hour, day or week from the Apify Console (Schedules) and keep a history of results.
• Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack, Airtable: connect it through Apify's integrations, or send each finished run to a webhook.
• Datasets: results stay in the run's dataset; export them or read them by API whenever you need them.

Use it with AI agents (MCP)

Add Apify's MCP server (https://mcp.apify.com) to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP client. The agent can find this Actor and run it for you: ask it for "open federal cybersecurity contracts set aside for small businesses, with the contracting officer's email". AI agents can also pay for runs directly through Apify's agentic payments.

Limits

• Federal notices only (SAM.gov); state and local bids are not included.
• SAM.gov returns up to 10,000 notices per search; split by NAICS code, state or date for more.
• Files are listed with download links; they are not downloaded for you.
• SAM.gov sorts by relevance or last update only, not by deadline.
• Some notices list no contacts or place of performance; those fields are empty.

FAQ

Do I need a SAM.gov account or API key?

No. Everything comes from the public search on sam.gov that anyone can use without signing in.

How is this different from the official SAM.gov API?

The official Opportunities API needs an API key and caps how many requests a key can make each day. This Actor needs neither, and adds the contacts, files and award details in one row.

Can I get only new notices every day?

Yes: schedule a daily run with Updated in the last N days set to 1.

Why do some results not mention my keyword in the title?

SAM.gov matches the whole notice text, including standard clauses. Turn on Keywords in the title only or search by NAICS code.

Are award amounts included?

Yes, for award notices: amount, date, contract number, the winner's name, UEI, city and state.

Are the contacts real people?

They are the contracting officers and specialists each agency publishes on the notice for vendor questions.

Related Actors from Zaiq

• contact-details-extractor: emails and phones from the websites of the companies that win
• google-news-scraper: news about the agencies and programmes you bid on

Support

Questions, a site that changed, or a field you need? Open an issue on this Actor's Issues tab: we answer there, usually within a day.

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